Handball - Sports

Iceland played Poland for 5th place in their final game at the 2014 Men's European Handball Championship. Rúnar Kárason scored the winning goal when only 18 seconds were left of the game. Iceland won 28-27.

The second phase of the 2014 Men's European Handball Championship is now over. Iceland lost against Denmark yesterday 23-32. This puts Iceland 3rd in the group which allows us to play for the 5th place tomorrow.

Bjorn Bragi Arnarson, an Icelandic reporter, talked about the handball game today, when Iceland played against Austria. He appeared on the national TV station, RUV, during half-time. After the first half the score was 17-9 for Iceland. During half-time Mr. Bjorn made an unfortunate remark, comparing the Icelandic team to Nazis. He later apologized sincerely for the remark.

The preliminary round for the 2014 Men's European Handball Championship is over and Iceland made it through to the final 12. They started by winning Norway, then made a draw against Hungary and lost yesterday against Spain 28-33.